Coffee House Time!

Woohoo!  It's time once again for the great tradition of the TYG Coffee House!

Join us on Tuesday, December 18th from 5-7 in the youth lounge for:

• great food from Michael's
• yummy tea, hot chocolate, and hot cider
• open mic performances from YOU!  if you like to sing, play music, act out a scene, dance, improv, read a poem, or something else, the mic is open for you!

The cost?  Free!  But we are asking for a $5 or more donation for continued support of victims of Hurricane Sandy.

College Reunion Shabbat!

Come join us for this wonderful NSCI TYG tradition as we welcome back alumni for a special shabbat reception and service. We'll start in the youth lounge for snacks and shmooze time. It's a great opportunity to see old friends and even ask about college life! Then we will head up to Perlman Sanctuary for a Shabbat service including a presentation featuring college sophomores. After that - more food at a festive oneg! Hope you can be there!

Friday, November 23rd - 5:00 in the youth lounge for the reception; 6:15 Shabbat service!

Weekend Update - Lasky soon!

Wow - can it really be less than two weeks until the Lasky Arts Retreat?  I can't wait!

Here are a few other things to check out in the mean time:

The Milwaukee Art Museum is super cool and is our first stop on Friday morning, after breakfast and a little intro. at the synagogue.  If you've never been to the museum, it's way cool, and it looks like this:

How cool is that?  Click here for a link to their website to preview what they have going on there.

Then, go check out the web site of our guest artist, Barry Goldstein.  He's amazingly talented and has many great ideas in store for us!

Lastly, if you need a copy of the Lasky registration form you can click here to download / print it out!

As usual, let me know if you have any questions!  Click here to e-mail me!

October = Rocktober for TYG!

Wow do we have so many great events coming up this month!

1- Mitzvah Day! 

• Join us from 9:30 - 12:00 this Sunday morning, October 7th, as we assemble, decorate, and deliver produce baskets to low income Council for Jewish Elderly housing residents.  Bus transportation will be provided to Skokie and back.  We'll return to the synagogue around noon.

2- North Shore Seminar - special author visit edition!

• Join us for a very special night Tuesday, October 23rd from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 as the North Shore Seminar welcomes author Racelle Rosett.
  Who is she?
  Those of you who have been through confirmation may have read her story "Shomer" - a class favorite.
  Others of you will get the chance to hear this award-winning television and short story writer read from her work and discuss the ways in which Jewish themes play a role.
  We'll have dinner together in the youth lounge too!
  Check our more about Racelle Rosett at her website: racellerosett.com

3- TYG Kickoff!

• Saturday night, October 13th, from 5-7 p.m.
• We'll paint pumpkins, enjoy a great dinner from Pita Inn, hang out, and celebrate Havdalah together.
• It's free!!

4- Lasky Arts Retreat!

• October 26-28 at OSRUI in Oconomowoc, WI
• Details coming soon!!

Musaf Service!

Join us for the Yom Kippur Musaf service (it's a 30+ year tradition at NSCI) on Wednesday, September 26th! The TYG leads the afternoon service for the congregation - it's a beautiful service filled with music, artwork, poetry, and prayers, all read and performed by teens! Even if you have not been able to join us for a rehearsal, please join us for a truly special worship experience!

Note: If you are in the service, please plan to be in Crown Hall at 1:00 p.m. If you are attending the late morning service, you'll leave just after the Torah reading section of the service. Please contact Neil or Sheridan if you have any questions!

Final Musaf rehearsal!

Hey hey! I hope your 10 days are providing you good time for thought and introspection.  What better way could there be to top it off than with your participation in the Musaf service?
What is it?
It's the afternoon service for Yom Kippur, run by the youth group for the entire congregation.
How can you participate?  Join us Monday night for our final rehearsal, even if you haven't been there for one yet!  We'll eat dinner together then run through the service - musicians, singers, writers, artists, and readers.
We'd love to have you there!
Let me know if you have any questions!

Musaf service

The Yom Kippur Musaf service is just a few weeks away - and we still have lots to do.
Poems and prayers to write, artwork to create, and music to learn.
Join us this Monday, the 10th, from 6:00 - 7:30, to help out.
We'll start with dinner then get to work.
We hope to see you there!

Movie Night!

Join us this week for a special screening of Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home.  This powerful film will be at our synagogue this Wednesday, September 5th, at 7:00.  (See below for more information about the film)

The North Shore Seminar, the 11th and 12th grade post-Confirmation class, meets once a month to discuss special topics.  This will be the first meeting this year of the North Shore Seminar and because of this special opportunity, we are opening it up to 9th and 10th graders as well.

We'll meet for dinner in the youth lounge at 6:30, then go see the film at 7:00.  After the one hour film, we'll stay for a discussion with some of the creators of the film, who just so happen to be members of NSCI!

Questions?  Contact Neil: neilrigler@gmail.com or 847-209-9673 or Facebook.

See you there!

a great day at Operation Backpack!

What a great day it was!  We arrived at the synagogue early this morning to set up for this year's Operation Backpack.  After getting all of the supplies ready and prepping a mountain of boxes, we were ready to help the families who volunteered.  Each group worked to pack all of the supplies for a classroom.  Then the boxes were labeled, sealed, and loaded onto a truck.  We all caravanned down to the Jordan Community School in the Rogers Park section of Chicago.  Despite the rain, we unloaded all of the supplies from the truck into the cafeteria, helping them to be ready for the start of school next week.

Then it was off to Portillo's for lunch - and nobody got lost this time!  Chocolate Cake shakes all around!  It was an excellent kickoff to the new TYG year with 4 people joining us for the first time.  See y'all soon for the preparation of the Musaf service!

Operation Backpack!

Greetings and Happy August!  We hope you had a wonderful summer and are ready for an exciting TYG year!  Our first event is this Sunday as we join the synagogue in hosting Operation Backpack.  Donations of school supplies have been poring in, and now it's time to box them up and prepare them for the school year.  These supplies will go to students at the Jordan School in Chicago.  Join us starting at 9 a.m. to pack up the boxes and load them onto the truck for delivery.  Then - join us for the actual delivery!  We'll caravan down to the north side of the city and bring the boxes into the cafeteria.  After that, join us for lunch at Portillo's - our treat!  We'll get home around 2 p.m.  Need a ride?  We're happy to provide one!  Got any other questions?  Contact Neil at 847-209-9673 or neilrigler@gmail.com.  We hope to see you there!!

Here we go!

OK, so the word about the TYG website / blog is out and we are now official!  Go ahead and do it all - join the Facebook group, follow the Twitter feed, become a member of the website, get the e-mails, comment on links, and so much more!

If you have ideas for other features, please let me (Neil) know!
If you want to become an author on this blog, let me (still Neil) know)!

Enjoy!

Welcome!

Greetings and welcome to the new NSCI TYG blog!
This will be a great way for us to share information and get the word out about all of the exciting programs and opportunities we have this year.  You'll be able to check details about events, see photos, comment on anything, link to your twitter or Facebook, download registration forms, and much more!  Get ready for a great year!